Carlovingian
Americanadjective
adjective
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In the Carlovingian knight the courtesy and clemency which we have learnt to associate with chivalry are almost entirely absent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
When the first priest passed in front of that altar France was still under the Carlovingian dynasty—under Charles the Fat, perhaps; and William of Normandy would not conquer England for two hundred years.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine
The Counts of Barcelona had been Carlovingian vassals, and even owned a shadowy allegiance to the first Capetians.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
But in the Carlovingian romances, which arose at a time when the enthusiasm of the Crusades was permeating Christendom, events were represented in a wholly different light.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
End of the Carlovingian line of French kings.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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